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Smackdown #1 => Byzantine => enter your coins now!! Rules: 1) deadline expires: 24 Hours after initial post (entry post) 2) 2 coin per person, maximum entry 3) depending upon the category (the rules will be shouted-out by the crowd ... hey, it's not Rocket science) ... brutal ... get on-board and vote!! The first competition is outta my league, but I'm gonna bring-it with my coin ... "Byzantine" => you have 24 hours to post one or two of your favourite Byzantine coins and then we're gonna let the masses vote on who wins the first "SMACKDOWN" ...  Edited by stevex6
07/13/2012 10:14 pm
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Justinian I AE Follis Date: Year 32 (558-559 AD) Diameter: 30.7 mm Weight: 17.3 grams Obverse: Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Justinian I, holding globus cruciger and shield. Reverse: Large M   ... "Bring It" |
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Brutal, j-dawg => that's not the spirit!! ... I'm betting $10 bucks that says that there's gonna be a whole poop-load of Byzantine collectors that are gonna come outta the woodwork with gorgeous and far rarer Byzantine coins ... Hey, but if you're not the Byzantine guy, then maybe you can give us a hint for the next SMACKDOWN event?  |
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Haha I'm just joking I'm down here's another justinian JUSTINIAN I A.D. 527-565 Æ 16 Nummi, Rev. AISP, *+* above, TES in exergue, Mint of Thessalonica. 5.7gm, 20mm   |
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Ummm, like best ATTIC OWL ... or best NERO ... or best Roman chick coin, etc ...
However, lets not get ahead of ourselves ...
=> SMACKDOWN #1 => "BEST BYZANTINE COIN" (voted by on-lookers)
Ummm ... hey, does it sound fun, or should I quit now?
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  While not a coin, but a token this is my most important piece from the Byzantine era. In fact to me it's probably the most important piece in my entire collection. It is a True Cross Token, made from a small amount of ash and clay from the true cross of Jesus Christ in the sixth century. |
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There was Alexander "the great", Constantine "the great", and Justinian also went by Justinian "the great".
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This is the best one I have. I really like it for some reason, maybe the color. Anonymous - Basil II and Constantine VIII 31mm 9.88g O: Christ facing, with nimbate cross behind, holding gospels. IC to left, XC to right. R: IhSUS XRISTUS bASILEU bASILE in four lines, ornament below   |
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MORE OFFICIAL RULES: (or rules anyway)
I posted the first coinat 9:22pm Manitoba Time (yes, that's the official clock) ... so tomorrow at 9:22pm Manitoba time, the deadline will be enforced!!
Voting will also be one calendar day ... so we'll know the winner of the first SMACKDOWN (Byzantine), plus if I still have my poop together, we'll post the 2nd category of SMACKDOWN (plus or minus a few hours)
... still sound fun? .. or again, should I quit this Tom-Foolery?
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07/13/2012 10:43 pm
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my favorite Justinian "the great" follis   |
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That's very interesting echizento and that's a great looking portrait on the anonymous coin.
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I posted the first coinat 9:22pm Manitoba Time (yes, that's the official clock) ... so tomorrow at 9:22pm Manitoba time, the deadline will be enforced!! Come on man, that ain't fair. I have two Byzantine coins on the way. Could be here tomorrow or next week. lol At least let it go for a few days. |
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I note that the rules read two coins per person but so far we see singles. I'll give two. One is my messiest overstrike being Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine 40 nummi (side by side standing figures obverse and M reverse) over Phocas (facing portrait over XXXX reverse. Both strikes retain their Constantinople mintmarks The photo shows the undertype Phocas oriented 'up' so the top strike has its top to the right. This makes it easier to see both parts. What makes this coin doubly special to me is the TIB at obverse left which looks like the style used by Tiberius Constantine. If so, the coin is a triple use overstrike but the TIB is awfully clear to be an under/undertype so I'm open to other explanations.  My second entry is just a reasonably straight forward and clear example of a large silver coin of the next to last Byzantine emperor (the last cheap one!) John VIII (1423-1448 AD). These have a lot of legend and rarely show even half of it. At least this one shows the name IWAN (outer ring starting at the top).  |
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Ok steve, Just like to know if this is a Manitoba Byzantine coin...   |
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Here are my two favorites: Justinian I follis, 32 mm (reigned 527-565 AD) Obv: DN IVSTINIANVS PP AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev: Large M in the middle, with star to left, crosses on top and right, CON in ex (Constantinople mint)  Manuel I Komnenos bilion trachy (cup-coin) (reigned 1143-1180 AD) Obv: IC-XC, Christ bearded, nimbate, wearing tunic and colobium, seated upon throne and holding Gospels Rev: MANUHL DECP, Manuel on left being crowned by Mary on right, Constantinople mint (Rev is the pic on the left, and obv is on the right)  Edited by VisigothKing
07/13/2012 11:23 pm
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